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Archive for December, 2007

1 Nation… OVER god

Posted in Americans, Dwight Eisenhower, Ellis Island, USA, flag, god, patriotism, pledge of allegiance, religion on December 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »

About once a year an atheist somewhere makes headlines by suggesting that the phrase “under god” be omitted from the Pledge of Allegiance. Unfailingly such appeals are met by a chorus of bitching from the pious, the uneducated and the uninformed: “What is this world coming to? These liberal atheists have no respect for history [...]

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Spectatorship is Not “Optimism”

Posted in American Idol, Americans, Clueless, Melinda Doolittle, Money, MySpace, Politics, USA, citizens, civic disengagement, conservatives, corporations, corruption, media, news media, spectatorship on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »

(Note: I’ve been busy writing and grading final papers, so I’m reposting this article, originally written May 14th, 2007. It was one of my very first blog entries, so most of you probably never read it, but I find this issue as relevant today as when I wrote about it seven months ago. [...]

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Outbidding the Poor

Posted in Americans, United States, academia, college, economy, education, inequality, ivory tower, poverty, social class on December 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Whenever we talk about inequality in my American Education seminar, many of us shift uncomfortably in our seats.
I think we’re torn about whether to feel ashamed or secretly grateful that not everyone can afford the credentialed success we’ve purchased. It’s easier to just believe we all earn our places in life. [...]

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